The NEA and Sellafield Ltd held a workshop on practices and policies to support cutting-edge technologies that can improve safety and efficiency in the nuclear back-end.

Pictured: Spot, the agile mobile robotic dog at the Calder Hall nuclear power station. Photo credit: Sellafield Ltd.

The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and Sellafield Ltd jointly organised an internatio...

The NEA meetings provided a platform to review recent developments, set future priorities and foster collaboration.

Left: Scheme of Studsvik LOCA test facility Right: Microstructure of fragmented nuclear fuel, Studsvik

Small modular reactor (SMR) technologies are gaining interest as countries seek to reduce carbon emissions while maintaining energy security. For these new technologies to be deployed in a timely man...

Project members also launched the next phase.

Ahead of the project launch, the NEA organised a meeting to discuss the progress.

The NEA Joint Project on Waste Integration for Small and Advanced Reactor Designs (WISARD) will start in 2025.

The "Back-End Week" convened members to discuss decommissioning and waste management activities.